Table 2 Patient demographics & common diagnoses by site (n = 700)

Overall (N = 700)

Site A

(n = 152)

Site B

(n = 119)

Site C

(n = 159)

Site D

(n = 131)

Site E

(n = 139)

Age (yrs)

Mean (SD)

71

(SD: 16.26) *

76

(SD: 15.31)

71

(SD: 19.43)

76

(SD: 14.57)

64

(SD: 13.73)

73

(SD: 15.65)

Gender (male)

46.7% **

(n = 327/700)

40.1% (n = 61/152)

42.9% (n = 51/119)

39.6% (n = 63/159)

59.5% (n = 78/131)

53.2%

(n = 74/139)

Transferred from Other Unit

19.0%** (n = 122/643)^a

18.4% (n = 23/125)^a

22.7% (n = 25/110)^a

13.1% (n = 20/153)^a

33.3% (n = 39/117)^a

10.9% (n = 15/138)^a

Admitting Diagnosis Categories

All Sites

%(n)

Site A

% (n)

Site B

%(n)

Site C

%(n)

Site D

%(n)

Site E

%(n)

 Cardiovascular

11.9 (83) **

5.9 (9)

9.2 (11)

18.9 (30)

3.1 (4)

20.9 (29)

 Gastrointestinal

10.1 (71) **

16.4 (25)

10.9 (13)

12.6 (20)

0 (0)

9.4 (13)

 Genitourinary

4 (28) **

3.9 (6)

0.8 (1)

9.4 (15)

1.5 (2)

2.9 (4)

 Respiratory

21.3 (149) **

10.5 (16)

5.9 (7)

6.3 (10)

74 (97)

13.7 (19)

 Musculoskeletal

7.7 (54) **

21.1 (32)

4.2 (5)

6.3 (10)

0 (0)

5.0 (7)

 Neurologic

11.4 (80) **

2.0 (3)

15.1 (18)

25.2 (40)

0 (0)

13.7 (19)

 Infection

12.1 (85) **

11.8 (18)

29.4 (35)

10.7 (17)

7.6 (10)

3.6 (5)

 Cancer

6.7 (47)

8.6 (13)

4.2 (5)

6.9 (11)

7.6 (10)

5.8 (8)

 Other

8.4 (59) **

8.6 (13)

7.6 (9)

0 (0)

3.1 (4)

23.7 (33)